2 Big Misconceptions with regard to the Second Coming of Christ

Going back to the very start - had the 1st ancestors honored God's commandment, "Do not eat" they would have kept the lineage of God, our Heavenly Father, and become the True Parents of humanity. We would all then become God's true sons and daughters with no need to be saved. The archangel, who is now the false ruler and 'god' of this world (Jn12;31; 2Cor4:4), would have thus kept his proper position not becoming God's adversary. All the angels who honor God would then have had tangible multiple and unique manifestations of God, as well as the original God Who exists beyond time and space. Still with me?

Jesus, being the manifestation of the Word wanted the 'Chosen People' to believe in and follow him. Any written or spoken word describing something, pales in comparison with that which is the actual thing. Jesus being the substance of the Word of God similarly is greater than any explanation. in other words there is no substitute for actually being there. This is, essentially, why Jesus wanted the people to 'believe in him whom He had sent' rather than having to explain in words.

Here is what Jesus said regarding that. "I have said that to you in figures: the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures but tell you plainly of the Father." (Jn16:25). After having already stated that, "If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?" And, "I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now . . ." He even had to explain some of his parables to his close disciples, right? It is reasonable to say that none of them fully understood who Jesus really was until after the resurrection of Jesus over 40 days.

I'm sure that You must've had the frustrating experience of trying to explain something to someone who has some preconceived idea at odds with what you have. Why did Jesus have such a hard time with the chosen people of 2000 years ago. Wouldn't it be important to figure out why the then chosen people did not accept Jesus as Messiah; and, furthermore, that even up to the present day still cannot accept Jesus as the Messiah?

​The point I'm making here is that the 2nd Coming of Christ is to bring a higher and more complete expression of the truth than Jesus was able to bring - according to Jesus' own words that I've already shared with you above. 

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Let us examine some other reasons a new expression of truth must appear. The Bible, as was noted, is not the truth itself, but rather is a textbook teaching the truth. It renders important parts of the truth in symbols and in parables. Since these are open to various interpretations, there have arisen numerous disagreements among believers, causing them to divide into many denominations. The primary cause of denominational divisions lies in the character of the Bible, not in the people. The strife between denominations will only grow more intractable unless a new truth emerges which can elucidate the symbols and parables obscuring the essential truths of the Bible. Without this new truth, God’s providence, which comes through the unification of Christianity, can never reach its goal. This is why Jesus promised that in the Last Days he will give us the new Word of truth.

So, this understanding should lessen the expectation of miracles. We (the people) need to accomplish becoming the 'Word made flesh' as Jesus did. We can do that by aligning with God, our Heavenly Father, through the Word of God that the 2nd Coming of Christ brings.

In addition Christ comes to give re-birth. Re-birth is changing from the lineage of the Fall (we're all a 'brood of vipers' - in other words: children of Satan) to the lineage of God as it would have been had the first ancestors honored God's commandment as per the start of this blog.

This line of reasoning puts a whole different expectation regarding the 2nd Coming of Christ. St Paul equated Jesus with Adam in many of his letters. Adam was the one who brought death, whereas Jesus brought life. St Paul describes Jesus as the 'last Adam' (1Cor15:45) as would've been the case had Jesus been accepted by the 'chosen people'. Jesus could not accomplish what he originally wanted because of the disbelief of the chosen people. Jesus, because of his unswerving loyalty to God did accomplish spiritual rebirth and Christians today have that, having been re-born through Jesus and the Holy Spirit. It should not need to be explained that spiritual re-birth falls short - as children of Christian parents still need re-birth. Our lineage is connected with the Fall and, thus, Satan has a claim on us. Just as Jesus' body was attacked by Satan so too are Christians vulnerable to physical attack from Satan and this is why Christianity tends to be other worldly and is a religion of martyrdom.

Christ coming again to give re-birth explains too why Christ will have a 'new name'. This is because the 2nd Coming will occur in exactly the same way as Jesus. That is, born on the earth. And this is why Jesus warned that it would not be easy to recognize the 2nd Coming: Lk17:25; 18:8 and the scary Matt7:21-23 - "I never knew you."

I realize that this explanation is not going to sit well with churchgoing Christians. But, if nothing else, it is entirely logical and grounded in the Holy Bible. We do need to 'reason together', right? . . .

Andrew Derricutt